How to Feel Boundless in Familiar Places

[@Phantom.1]

5:40-6:10 is KEY. I also think some situations are more challenging because they’re filled with things we resist. It’s way easier to feel at one with things we like than things that we feel resistance toward. This is one reason why some “spiritual” types are so obsessed with filtering their experiences and avoiding (resisting) ones they think are “unspiritual.” They feel “spiritual” in the beautiful forest, but not at Grease Monkey. So they seek out “spiritual” places, which we could arguably say means they don’t actually understand nondualism at all. In terms of nondualism, no physical location can be MORE spiritual than any other. It’s as if they think that Brahman is of course everywhere-but not at Walmart, or the DMV, or the meat section of the grocery store, or the oil refinery, or the military base. I think that tons of people believe in a sort of fair-weather pseudo Advaita.

[@yasminel-hakim4348]

Such a wonderful and helpful video, many thanks 🙏 Yesterday I realized a funny thing: as there is no space, there can’t be different places. So sitting at home sipping a cup of coffee and looking at the beautiful plants on the balcony or sitting in the office typing something on the keyboard and looking at the computer screen isn’t another environment! Even walking 25 minutes to the office is just an illusion. Isn’t this funny? I started to take seeing into the hearing while walking. Looking at the ground in front of the moving feet while keeping attention to the symphony of sound is kind of strange. It is as if the ground (cobblestones, pavement …) moves and recreates itself every moment. This really is a funny and stunning perception.

[@Koort1008]

Hehe. Sweet.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

That's right! so then what is space? What is awareness? What is solidity?

[@ami156]

Agent Smith, we've got a live one

[@Koort1008]

@@yasminel-hakim4348 The same convincing mind when turned back on itself will reveal its true nature and how the illusion appears to an appearance. You're right, it is very funny, and you're not going crazy. You're waking up.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@yasminel-hakim4348 it’s nice to clearly see the difference between actual experience and the mental overlay tho yes? 😎

[@lynbrowne931]

I was sitting with one of my Autistic students yesterday, the Secondary College had a speaker from Live for Life program talking about teenagers struggling with identity and self image. When asked to make a list of 5 people or organisations you would get help from , the Student listed Kids help line phone number twice, then his own name three times. Interesting that he perceived himself as having a separate self to ask for help.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I have worked with autism spectrum folks (on awakening) and in various ways they experience reality more clearly and directly than neurotypical folks I find.

[@Koort1008]

Amazing.

[@damianhardy2965]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake this is very interesting to me. My nephew is strongly (non verbal) autistic. I have often wondered how he experiences things in terms of duality etc. I have the sense he is closer to truth than me. I think it sonehow keeps my sister going throgh very challenging times.

[@Phantom.1]

I really appreciate the down to earth practicality expressed in this video. It’s helping people.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

:)

[@stoicafanel]

Useful pointers for energetic shifts and naturaly ungraspable. ,,,,,,,what a piece of art!,,,,,Thanks

[@alfreddifeo9642]

Just found this particular video today, its perfect and a great gift to hear this advice. Thanks appreciate you and your work.❤🙏☮

[@DanielleM-yr4di]

Hey Angelo. Just letting you know I really like the playlists you have been organizing. Yesterday I was listening the the inquiry playlist on shuffle. The shimmery sort of space that u pointed to in one of the videos was super apparent. Calm mind.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Beautiful!

[@TheEvaluna1975]

This happens to me a lot! I feel there's so much mind identification at home and the train of thoughts gets too much control, that it makes it really hard to melt with everything around... Thanks for the tips and advice! I'll start putting them in practice right now! ❤🙏🙂

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😀

[@ami156]

Best background yet?

[@DhammaFriends]

Great point. This non-dual nature is right in front of us! Like water to a fish. The fish doesn't need to "try" to see the water. It's right there! However, we forget this when we're caught up in emotion. So we need to repeatedly practice looking at and enjoying the beautiful water we live in rather than thinking about some shark miles away. 😂

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Absolutely

[@nevermind5228]

I sure can relate to this. Every morning after I arrive work sit in front of my computer, I would look around wonder why that environment makes me feel more like a person …. Fatigue and lack of sleep can affect me as well😐

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

totally. Work,.. with all of the responsibilities and your value as a worker, your security (financial) all on the line, no wonder it solidifies the self eh?

[@agniq2067]

I'm so impressed with all your videos. This channel is not a glitch in the Matrix, but freaking gaping hole.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Glad you like. I try to tear holes in the matrix wherever I can

[@JustinSolms]

Oh man! I discovered the "monitor" thought three weeks ago - halfway through your book - the part on thoughts. It was so very well camouflaged - going under the guise of consciousness. SInce then there has been rapid progress in my meditation. Since then - and now as I write this - I feel something wanting to float free and something forceful holding me in. The world is looking a bit dream-like - vivid colours - a bit like being on deck of a ship.

[@cookiemonster9276]

Duuhuude! Every morning I wake up looking forward to these videos. Thank you so much for doing them.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

My pleasure!

[@peterbuckley9731]

I'm not sure what a couple of dollars is good for, a patch chord, a coffee? What do you do when what you are receiving is priceless? Many thanks good sir.

[@RyanSouthworthDO]

I dig it

[@gantonia99]

First started experiencing this playing fetch with my dog 🐕. Lovely letting go of the self in any experience. Thank you for the exercises.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Love it 🐶

[@cindylmartinez]

Great pointers. 💥thank❤you💥🤗

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Thanks for watching!

[@Koort1008]

Consciousness, the I AM, the universe, the mind, the who, what, why, when, and where are all made of the same substance. Or simply stated, no universe, no mind, no who, what, why, when, and where. And dare I say, no I AM and no Consciousness. Angelo, can the I AM and Consciousness be transcended? Is Brahman or the Absolute prior to both the I AM and Consciousness?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

yes and yes. Even Brahman can be transcended. No seriously ;)

[@Koort1008]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Ok.

[@Koort1008]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake One more question. It seems that I exist, do not exist, both exist and do not exist, neither exist nor do not exist, all at the same time. Is it like holding everything and nothing, or is that even too much?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@Koort1008 you been reading some Nagarjuna? 😄

[@Koort1008]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Yes, I read his negations back in January, and the words have stuck with me since then. I read somewhere in your comments that you are not much into negations. They work for me.

[@ganazby]

Thanks

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

💥💥💥 🍪🍪🍪 ❤❤❤ 🎇🎇🎇

[@emptyfeels2068]

Hi ... Im a 22 years old young men from Brazil. Im in this search for enlightment or awakening for a while now. I certainly had glimpses of it, but for some reason I have difficulties to fully realise that there's no one or no thing that is "doing" something or "controlling" my experience. Can you be so kind and please make a video talking about it and teaching how to do it ? Or send me a link of one if you alredy made it. Thanks so much eighter way, your videos are helping me so much. Im honestly having more and more glimpses of it and I really feel that I am really close of the "edge".

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I wouldn't necessarily recommend trying to understand non-doership, it's something that comes upon you at deeper stages of realization. Rather work toward awakening. The playlists basics of awakening and awakening approaches address this, as does my book.

[@DeeQu8nT81]

I am a newbie here. I heard 'playlists' on topics mentioned a few times in videos. How can I access them? Your videos are incredibly helpful. I am so glad that I bump into Simply Always Awake a week ago.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

on my main channel page click playlists tab

[@seancasey98]

It can be hard to do especially sitting at home watching KZbin on telly? Me sitting here watching Angelo, subject and object.

[@Koort1008]

You can get it, Sean. And when you do, you will see that it was so easy you missed it. What concept do you have that makes you believe that the subject and object (Sean and Angelo) are not of the same substance? For that matter, include the appearance of the telly, home, and all the rest of it with your inquiry. Separation and multiplicity are thoughts and appearances.

[@seancasey98]

@@Koort1008 thank you. More food for 'thought! Lol. It is all very interesting however the more I search, the more I find myself getting so overwhelmed with info and often confused. My default is just to relax and do a bit of self inquiry and not to worry so much at trying to understand everything, its just more concepts. Many thanks for responding, I appreciate you taking the time.

[@Koort1008]

@@seancasey98 I would continue to trust your default. The 'I don't know mind' is not a bad place to rest.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

It's the overlay thta fixates the mind. ultimately regardless of content its there and it's vivid and fully immersed. It takes us a while to see that the content isn't in the seeing, it's in our mind so attention recoils back in to turn "that" into something.

[@YoutubeHandleModerator]

Man am I dumb or am I not getting your videos. ... Lol Unless you're saying everything is simply manifestations of consciousness, in an infinite number of ways, but when you ask "what is making the observation" I'm like, "me, the observer, simply one manifestation of consciousness observing another manifestation of consciousness" Either way I like your videos, I'm just feeling like I'm either getting my mind blown, or completely not getting it. Lol

[@nat998]

Join the back of the queue, lol 😉😂

[@jameskerr3257]

Me too!! So “where am I” for real? Do we exist after this physical body dies? If so, then “where” is that? …and is everything and everyone just a figment of my imagination? I need to keep reading the book. Thanks doc! Great videos!

[@DanielleM-yr4di]

Have you checked out his playlists? Some things I don’t understand yet, so I put them aside. His Awakening Basics and Inquiry playlists are really great.

[@ne14truth]

@@jameskerr3257 Your everywhere, but actually it is all no-where, but in the mind. So it kind of depends on your view, your awareness, to see where you are more in the moment, than in the physical. I see it as a dream, it is not real enough to say "I am here" at any location, all locations are illusions, part of the dream. If from within the dream you wonder where you are, that is probably what other dreams call a place, but again, it is very perspective driven.

[@Koort1008]

@@jameskerr3257 Nowhere, no time, and un-born.

[@Aceofcups111]

I have some questions not related to this video. I have not heard you speak on death. My thought is that for the population that believes in the separate self … there is a continued journey of the individuated soul. This may be an onward journey to subtler realms and eventually reincarnation. For realized individuals there won’t be much difference to the experience after the death of the physical body. But with the complete dissolution of the ‘I’ there would be no localization or ability to do so E.G experience this tree …don’t you have to be all all the time? I hope I’m clear in what I’m trying to convey.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

The illusion of death is what dies. What is trhe experience of the tree without an experiencer? It is not nothing because nothing is an illusion held by the experiencer, which itself is an illusion...

[@Aceofcups111]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks for the response. I lost my beloved dog a few months ago. His body for sure died. His unique perspective and way of being in the world - I don’t know where that went. Or if that was unreal in the first place since personality is a made up construct (per non duality). Even if I had ‘realization’ ‘I’ would recognize him as a manifestation of the divine and have great love for him that would be specific to him vs a generic love for all dogs. I don’t know. A non dual state may end suffering but the theory of non duality sure does not for me at least not yet.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@Aceofcups111 sorry about your loss… 🐶😞 Yeah I don’t recommend trying to bypass emotions saying death isn’t real, or there’s no one to grieve etc. Better to cry your eyes out and feel To be free from fixation is to be free from the fear of feeling emotion which is a natural physiological response to your environment ❤️

[@Aceofcups111]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you. 🙏🏽

[@JohnFixxer]

Do some people just NEVER have an awakening? No matter how much meditation and inquiry they do? I mean, in medicine you'd never say to an ALS patient "Just hang in there, things will get better" because they won't. Are there people who just can not wake up, no matter what?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

No, I don't think so. If you have a genuine drive to awakening and are willing to inquire, let go of beliefs that are found to be inaccurate, and feel some discomfort then you can wake up. If you have no interest in it you probably won't. Even then many people who have no interest in awakening do wake up out of the blue. In the ALS example, there would be no reason to tell a person with an incurable disease it would get better. Luckily mind-identification is indeed a curable disease (so to speak).

[@JohnFixxer]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake You say "If you have a genuine drive to awakening and are willing to inquire, let go of beliefs that are found to be inaccurate, and feel some discomfort then you can wake up." The key here is the word 'can'. Does that mean that EVERYONE who meets those criteria wakes up?" In my experience the answer is no. I have meditated and done inquiry for many years, and though I've had interesting experiences, I wouldn't say that the sense of self has been seen through. So based on actual experience, not theory, I would say that mind-identification is a curable disease for some, but not for others.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@JohnFixxer well at least we’re talking more specifically now rather than philosophical conjecture. So you want to wake up? That’s essentially what you are saying?

[@CJ-ff1xq]

​@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I think he's trying to say that not everyone who wants to wake up does, unfortunately. Putting the "ultimate" aside (if there is such a thing), in the conventional sense, one can spend many years/decades seeking and not wake up.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@CJ-ff1xq I’m not talking theoretically, the point of these exchanges and videos is to help anyone who truly wants to wake up do so. Sometimes part of that is discerning their intent. When I say that anyone who genuinely wants to wake up, is willing to go through what you have to go through to do so, can wake up I mean it literally. But the statement is for the person reading it it’s not an abstract or philosophical claim.

[@yasmeenbusinesscoachingbus1919]

I don’t want the commenter anymore! It’s getting to heavy to carry .

[@yasmeenbusinesscoachingbus1919]

This exact movement of the mind that’s in the way of my non duality pure being.